450 bird idioms

1.Write the bird names under the pictures:

1._____ 2._______

3._________

4. ______

2. Complete the idioms with bird
names:
…………………….. feed ___
a ………………… and bull story___
a lame …………………………….___
……………………… out___
a sitting …………………………………___
talk ……………………………………..___
cook someone’s……………. ……___
……………………. party___
count ones …………………before they
hatch.___
as the ……………………. flies___
put/set the cat among the
……………………………….__
sick as a ……………………..___
wild-……………….. chase___
……………………-fashion____
to kill two …………. with one stone ____
4.Complete the sentences with an idiom:

Teachers in Hungary work for
…………………………………………… .

John was angry because he was sent out on a
………………………………………………….. .
Tim was ………………………………. when he heard
Manchester had lost the match
Tell them all they've got to work on Saturday.
That should ………………………...
………………………………………………….. ..
In under two years, it was transformed from a
state-owned …………………………….. into a successful
company.
She told me some ……………………………….. about her
car breaking down.
Come on! Don't ………………………………….. now!
When I went to Sunday school, we had to recite
passages from the Bible …………….. ……………………………
.

5. ________ 6.________

7._________

3. Find a definition for each idiom:
a very small or insufficient amount of money or payment
stop participating in a plan or activity because one is afraid
when it becomes dangerous or too difficult
to plan how to utilize good results of something before those
results have occurred.
a story or an explanation or excuse that is hard to believe
a person or enterprise that is not a success and that has to be
helped.

a person or object in a vulnerable position that is easy to attack
or injure
talk seriously and frankly with someone
the distance from one place to another in a straight line.
to spoil one’s plans or ruin one’s chances of success, often
intentionally
before marriage the bride-to-be and her female friends get
together for an evening out
to achieve two aims with a single action or at the same time
provoke quarreling or argument by saying or doing something
disgusted or very disappointed
a foolish and hopeless search for sy or sg that does not exist or
can only be found elwhere
without thinking about or understanding the meaning of
something

9. Unarmed policemen walking the streets late
at night are ………………………………...
10. Our farm is only five miles from town as
…………………………………………………. .
11. You may be disappointed if you
……………………
……………………………………………………………….. .
12. John wanted to …………………………………………,
but Jane just wanted to joke around.
13. Barbara's having her ………………………… a
week before the wedding.
14. I ………………………………………………. by not
showing up on time.
15. I………………………………………………………… and saw

some old friends while I was in Louisiana visiting
my parents.


Key:
1. 1. goose, 2.crow, 3. chicken/hen, 4. rooster, 5. parrot, 6. duck, 7.turkey, 8. pigeon
2. ---3.
a. chicken feed---1
b. a cock and bull story---4
c. a lame duck---5
d. chicken out---2
e. a sitting duck---6
f. talk turkey---7
g. cook someone’s goose---9
h. hen party10
i. count one’s chickens---3
j. as the crow flies---8
k. put the cat among the pigeons---12
l. sick as a parrot---13
m. wilde- goose chase---14
n. parrot-fashion---15
o. to kill two birds with one stone---11
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chicken feed
wild-goose chase
sick as a parrot
the cat among the pigeons
lame duck
cock-and-bull story
chicken out
parrot-fashion
sitting ducks
as the crow flies
count your chickens before they hatch
talk turkey
hen party
cooked my own goose
killed two birds with one stone